Columbia, LA jobs, layoffs and employers
Columbia layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Columbia in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Union Parish Consortium
Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll
Caldwell American Job Center
Columbia · Affiliate
8:00am-4:30pm (Closed for lunch 12:30pm-1:00pm) )1st and 3rd Monday of each month or by appointment
Caldwell Parish economy
3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
3,295
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,563
people in Caldwell Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,957
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Columbia?
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.